- BAKING, CAKES, DESSERTS, DESSERTS with JELLY, EGGLESS, INDIAN INSPIRED, PASTRY/SMALL CAKES, TEA CAKES, VEGETARIAN
Almond Saffron Jelly Cake … Dessert to brighten the Festival Season
A gently spiced eggless pistachio sponge, the simplest one bowl hand whisked recipe you'll ever find, is topped with a smooth indulgent almond cream.
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Angoori Kesari Gulab Jamuns … quick, fuss free festive desserts #HappyDiwali
Angoori Kesari Gulab Jamuns ... most delicious, surprisingly easy and so fuss free, you'll wonder why you never made these before
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Eggless Saffron Pistachio Cupcakes with Saffron Buttercream … perfect for Diwali
Eggless Saffron Pistachio Cupcakes with Saffron Buttercream .... sweet dreams are made of these! Festive, simple and ever so delicious, these are literal cupcakes baked in demitasse cups. Perfect for anytime, especially now.…
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Eggless Saffron Mango Tres Leches Cake … celebrating India@75 in vibrant colours!
Eggless Saffron Mango Tres Leches Cake... The mango season is incomplete without a mango tres leches, more so if the colours of this dessert reflect the colours of the Indian national flag. With…
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Eggless Mango Cream Dessert Boxes that are actually delicious ♥
What is the best thing about the hot Indian summer? A never ending supply of mangoes, and of course inspiration to create desserts around the king of fruits. Desserts in glasses or boxes…
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Chocolate Garam Masala Cake with Garam Masala Orange Vanilla Whipped Frosting …& Garam Masala Gingerbread House #GetSmartWithAlexa
These 100% Whole Wheat Garam Masala Gingerbread Men bring cheer to the cookie platter and make for great gifts. They are crisp, sweet & spicy! #GetSmartWithAlexa
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Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate & Masala ‘Kadhai’ Doodh
Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate might well be the simplest thing to enjoy this season. It's simple things that matter, and with recipes like these, ingredients are of prime importance. You can't go wrong…
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Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés
Crisp, deeply chocolate, buttery, wholegrain, eggless, Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés are the yummiest cookies ever! Adapted from The Boy Who Bakes.Gift them with something from the Gold Collection by Chumbak this Diwali!
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Eggless Baked Cheesecake with a Mango Lime Sauce … desserts for summer
Quick, eggless delicious, the Eggless Cheesecake with Mango Lime Sauce is the Western take on an old Indian classic, 'bhapa doi'. Make it a day ahead, chill well, and then enjoy the compliments…
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Rosemary Garlic Sesame Millet Crackers with Lovilovi and Bird’s Eye Sweet Chili Pickle … earthy beautiful pairing
Rosemary Garlic Sesame Millet Crackers turned out to be crackers with a bite. Paired with the sweet chili pickle, they got just the right kick as well, some smoked Gouda on the side…
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The Masala Dabba #4 & Chettinad Chicken Curry. Chilies, as hot as hot can be!
“Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake it inside out. Day of suicide, day of…
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C is for Chettinad, Chidambaram Vilas & Chettinadu Cuisine. Off the beaten track -Karaikudi, South India
Karaikudi, South India. We managed much more than we could ever imagine. 2 days can never be enough for a place as beautifully, and as historically and culturally rich like this. There's so…
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Masala Dabba #3. As we journey on, colours pop for Spring and Holi
The spices we cover for The Masala Dabba #3 are cardamom, whole pepper and turmeric. I think I love the spice journey best. We enter month #3 of our collaborative spice journey with…
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O Banaras, the holy city
Our iconic trip to Banaras was memorable, action packed and absolute fun all the way {warning long post}. I was going to do a smallish post, but a load of folk on FB…
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Masala Dabba #2, spicing up desserts with the spice box
It's strange how often we connect spices to savoury foods, often in India spice is synonymous with a curry! Delightfully enough, as we blog on, reading more, breaking new ground and exploring our…
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Garam Masala Fruit Cake … a twist to the traditional, my recipe from scratch!
A Christmas Fruit Cake with a twist. Have you ever added garam masala to your fruit cake? You really should try it. It doesn't add curry flavours to your cake, I promise. It…
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Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … sweet indulgence
“I haven’t had the rice pudding of my life today. But I guess I lost that opportunity with the end of my childhood.”William Rice The magical combination of the holiday season & winter…
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Saffron Pistachio Kulfi … craving kulfi
“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” Voltaire Here’s an ice-cream with a difference…an Indian dairy-based frozen dessert. Guess what? You don’t need an ice-cream machine for this!! This is…
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Phirini / Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … think spice, think SAFFRON!
“Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.”Anonymous PHIRINI/RICE PUDDING Looks like it’s time again for ‘beyond baking’, and this time I’m hitting the saffron trail! This recipe has finally been typed and…
